About Alexander Cherkasov

Alexander
Cherkasov, a leading expert on Russia’s turbulent north Caucasus region, chairs
the ‘Memorial’ Human Rights Centre. Well known for its courageous thorough
reporting from Russia’s hot spots, ‘Memorial’ has been documenting human rights
abuses in Chechnya and providing assistance to victims since the start of the
armed conflict in Chechnya in 1994 and extended its work to the neighbouring
republics as human rights abuses spilled out to the broader north Caucasus
region.

Constitutional conventions: best practice

As violence in the north Caucasus hits the headlines again, Alexander Cherkasov sees the roots of the problem in the Russian government’s wilful misunderstanding of local issues and lack of strategy for dealing with them.

Three years ago the indomitable Natalya Estemirova was murdered in Chechnya. Her killers remain at large, and arbitrary executions of oppositional figures have remained a tool of power across the North Caucasus. Here, Tatyana Lokshina, Alexander Cherkasov and Igor Kalyapin, three of Russia’s leading human rights defenders review a deteriorating situation, and how address it

For over 30 years the Warsaw Pact was a threatening presence on the European political scene, but on 31 March 1991 it was disbanded with little pomp or circumstance. Alexander Cherkasov looks back over significant events in its history.

Five years to the day after violent raids in Ingushetia ending with 79 deaths, there has been an attempt on the life of its current president, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov. His bodyguard and driver died. He is in intensive care. Alexander Cherkasov, board member of the human rights organisation "Memorial", comments on recent events in the republic.

World Forum for Democracy 2017

This year, the theme is ‘populism’. Is the problem fake news or fake democracy? What media, what political parties, what politicians do we need to re-connect with citizens and make informed choices in 21st century democracy?

Civil Society Futures is a national conversation about how English civil society can flourish in a fast changing world.Come and add your voice»

Full coverage of the non-hierarchical conference held in Barcelona on 18-22 June 2017.